{"nrhp_refnum":"05000231","name":"145th Street Subway Station (IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Under Lenox Avenue at the jct. with 145th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.82038872900006,"lon":-73.93629089299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground two-track, side-platform local subway station beneath Lenox Avenue at 145th Street in northern Harlem, Manhattan. It opened on November 23, 1904, as part of Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Contract 1.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, as part of the original IRT subway system. It also meets Criterion C for engineering, architecture and art, through its cut-and-cover construction and its decorative faience, mosaic and tile work. It retains a relatively high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Beneath Lenox Avenue at 145th Street in northern Harlem lies a subway station that opened on November 23, 1904, as part of the first IRT contract. It is a two-track, side-platform local station built by the cut-and-cover method, with concrete walls, steel columns and platforms about 348 feet long. Only this station and South Ferry were never lengthened to the common 515-foot platform size. Engineer William Barclay Parsons handled the structure, while architects George L. Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge designed the decoration. Surviving details include faience plaques showing \"145\" flanked by cornucopias, a tulip-patterned terra cotta frieze, Roman brick wainscoting and mosaic name tablets. Some tiles have been replaced or painted over, and the entrances have modern railings. The station was the terminus of the original Lenox Avenue branch. It stayed open after a new terminal opened in 1968 because the community insisted on it. It is recognized for its role in early rapid transit and its craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Parsons, William Barclay (engineer); Heins, George L. and LaFarge, Christopher G. (architects)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Beaux-Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a station; the platforms were never extended to the standard 515-foot length, and some original wall tiles and finishes have been replaced, painted over or damaged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.861827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000231.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000231/9354361c68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000231/9354361c68-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bebo2good1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRT_Lenox_Ave_Line_-_West_145th_Street_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bebo2good1</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRT_Lenox_Ave_Line_-_West_145th_Street_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313909","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/145th_Street_station_(IRT_Lenox_Avenue_Line)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2015285"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/145th-street-subway-station-irt-05000231/"}